Edition 62: February ’17

In the February 2017 Taxcast: how financial transaction taxes can protect us from finance sectors dragging our economies down. Plus: we discuss the Swiss referendum – taxpayers refuse to pick up the tab for corporate tax ‘reform’, what does that mean for one of the world’s biggest tax haven players? Also, President Trump’s valentine gift for kleptocrats and the extractives industry as he repeals anti-corruption regulations – the criminal race to the bottom is on. And, the influence of dark money, the experts in distorting democratic debate and the results of the 2017 Transparify report.

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